werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (cskl503) (06/15/84)
Keith, and anyone else considering posting large files to net.micro.cpm PLEASE DO NOT DO SO !!!! all messages are automatically "gatewayed" to the ARPANET-group INFO-CPM which many users receive as mail - this would generate significant mail-traffic on ARPA, and also overflow the mail-file of many users. Large files should be posted to net.sources, and a short notice to net.micro and/or net.micro.cpm. If anyone on the ARPANET then requests access to the file, a single copy can be created on any ARPA-site and made available for FTP to the whole community. FTP = File Transfer Program P.S.: the same caveat may apply to other groups, like net.micro, etc. I hope, that the "List-of-Lists" and "Active News Groups" messages contain the information indicating which groups are gatewayed automatically and without moderator screening the messages. If not, it may be worth adding such info. Your public servant (hope I got the details right) Werner
kbrown@west44.UUCP (Keith Brown.) (06/21/84)
O.K. guys, this is getting ridiculous!! I've been a bit on the popular side since I made my offer of the CPM screen editor to the world so wot I propose to do is split the sources up into 3 or 4 shar's next week sometime and post them to either, 1) net.micro.cpm 2) net.sources If I post to net.micro.cpm it is bound to get to all the right people who saw my offer. However it is a source (albeit not a UNIX source) and most of the biggish stuff does generally go on net.sources. It is probably true that more systems subscribe to net.sources than to net.micro.cpm and so I will be generating more traffic (and bigger phone bills) by doing this, probably leaving myself wide open for receiving abuse from parties who are not interested in the thing. However, I AM going to post it to somewhere next week and I personally favour net.micro.cpm. Doing this is obviously easier for me as I will not have the headache of trying to remember who's been sent what, when and how many times each message has been returned from that pigs ear of a mail gateway known as UKC. I have tried to reply to all 20 of you that requested the editor but have had many replies returned to me and I've got bored trying to keep track of wots gone where. If I tried to post the editor in this way all hell would break lose!! Anyway, unless I have any violent objections to the editor being posted to the cpm news group it will be on it's way to you in about a week. Thank you for your indulgence, Keith B. P.S. Anybody who doesn't receive it in a reasonable length of time can mail me and I'll see if I can sort them out. -- "Specialist subject, the bleedin' obvious!!" Keith Brown ....!ukc!root44!west44!kbrown ( And other leading Usenet paths )